# Ad from Scratchengine.com triggers Avast

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/ad-from-scratchengine-com-triggers-avast/391214>\
**Category:** Brave-Ads Support\
**Tags:** ads-bug, windows\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/ad-from-scratchengine-com-triggers-avast/391214 "2022-05-09T15:25:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sarys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Sarys](https://community.brave.app/u/Sarys)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/ad-from-scratchengine-com-triggers-avast/391214/1 "2022-05-09T15:25:03Z")

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Every time I get the ad from [Scratchengine.com](http://Scratchengine.com), my Avast dings it as infected with malware.  
This is the only ad doing this.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/5/c/5c82b95233e318630500599326205d71849b0b85.png)

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**Author:** ![anoraknophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@anoraknophobia](https://community.brave.app/u/anoraknophobia)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/ad-from-scratchengine-com-triggers-avast/391214/2 "2022-05-09T16:28:45Z")

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Remove Avast from your machine solves the problem.  
Would use Microsoft Defender instead of Avast.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/ad-from-scratchengine-com-triggers-avast/391214/3 "2022-06-08T16:28:49Z")

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